[ Dion, for his part, is surprised that he still remembers anything of charm. He's always been fairly personable, but he's also always been a prince, set apart from others by design. He does his best not to let himself sit too high above the other dragoons, but their deference and loyalty to him remained even at his worst.

He's not sure how to be on equal ground with most people, throwing away all the decorum that's been hammered into him his entire life. Ankari also being royalty might help in his head, but again, none of that matters here. ]

Perhaps you have the right of it. Those born into a culture did not ask for it, and neither did we, though we struggle more because we weren't raised with these customs or these fears.

[ He's mostly musing aloud. ]

For the immediate future, I suppose it would be prudent to go along with expectation, if…Ankari, do you believe what they've said? People becoming monsters?